Mobile classrooms, like these on the Nixa Junior High campus, appear on school property throughout the district. School officials have immediate plans to address crowding in elementary schools.

Written by

Rance Burger
RBURGER@NEWS-LEADER.COM

For the second time in six months, officials with Nixa Public Schools plan to shift the lines on the map that determines which of four elementary schools students will attend.

At the November meeting of the Nixa Board of Education, Director of Elementary Education Kevin Kopp presented a three-point plan to lessen crowding issues at Nixa's four elementary schools. The four schools underwent redistricting to start the school year, but the plan became obsolete when the district gained 120 students.

"When we redistricted, we didn't create more space, we just moved students around, and so that ...